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10/13/17

word problems help please?

on Wednesday, harry sold 3 times as many candy bars as on Tuesday. On Thursday, he sold 5 times as many bars on Wednesday. He sold a total of 152 candy bars. how many did he sell each day?
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10/12/17

a leaky faucet drips at the rate of .5 pint per hour. How many gallons will drip in 30 days?

I did the problem, I'm just trying to figure out if I did it correct and got the correct answer
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10/12/17

algebra word problem

the ages of three children can be expressed as consecutive integers. The square of the age of the youngest child is twelve more than three times the age of the oldest child. Find the ages of the... more
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10/11/17

A jet takes 5 3/4 h to fly 2, 475 mi

A jet takes 5 3/4 h to fly 2,475 mi from New York City to Los Angeles. About how many hours will a jet flying at the same average rate take to fly 5, 452 mi from Los Angeles to Tokoyo?
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10/11/17

money made per hour

A plumber makes $4.50 per hour more than his apprentice. During an 8-hour day, their combined earnings total $372. How much does each make per hour? Make a chart
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10/11/17

selling price per apple

Celia bought 12 apples, ate two of them, and sold the rest at $0.20 more per apple than she paid. Her total profit was $1.00. How much did she sell each apple for? Make a chart
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10/11/17

Help with word problem.

Hannah and Francine have $120.  Hannah and Peter have $230.  Peter has 6 times as much money as Francine.  How much money does Hannah have?

10/11/17

inequalities word problem

The length of a rectangle is 7 inches longer than the width. The perimeter is between 30 and 41 inches. Write the perimeter as a compound inequality, and then graph the result.
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10/11/17

There are 3 pizza boxes on the table. If each box contains 5/8 of a pizza how much pizza is there?

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10/11/17

Write an equation using two variables to represent this situation

Karin makes and sells wreaths. She sells two sizes, large and small. Large wreaths cost $36 and small wreaths cost $24. Karin needs to sell $288 this week in order to pay for here bill supplies.... more
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10/10/17

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A train leaves New York for Boston, 200 miles away, at 4:00 P.M. and averages 75 mph. Another train leaves Boston for New York on an adjacent set of tracks at 3:00 P.M. and averages 50 mph. At what... more
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10/09/17

total cost of items

Nine cartons of juice cost the same as 5 fruit cups. Also, one fruit cup costs $0.50 more than one bowl of soup, while one bowl of soup costs $0.50 more than one bowl of soup, while one bowl of... more
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10/09/17

calories in a cup of sunflower seeds and rasins

Paula mixed 2 cups of sunflower seeds and 3 cups of raisins to make a snack for a hike. She figured that the mixture would provide her with 2900 calories of food energy. Find the number of calories... more

A 70% markup on the selling price brought the selling price to $1400. What did the shopkeeper pay for the item and what was the markup?

I'm confused because it says selling price twice but seems to be referring to two different things. When I try to work the problem the way I learned it the problem won't solve. This is how I've... more
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10/05/17

calculate the volume of the equation. Chemistry help

  calculate the volume (in mL) of 0.025 M KMnO4 solution needed to completely react with 10.0 mL of advertised 3% by mass H2O2 solution in the presence o excess acid. Assume that the density of... more

10/04/17

solving a word problem using a quadratic equation with rational roots

The area of a rectangle is 54 ft^2, and the length of the rectangle is 3 ft more than twice the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.  Answer- Length: ____ ft Width: ___ ft Thanks in... more
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10/04/17

$5900 is invested, part of it is at 12% and part of it at 9%. For a certain year, the total yield is $642. How much was invested at each rate?

I need to know how much was invested at 12% and 9%
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10/03/17

You throw a ball upward from a window at a speed of 1.5 m/s. How fast will it be moving when it hits the sidewalk 2.3 m below?

You throw a ball upward from a window at a speed of 1.5 m/s. How fast will it be moving when it hits the sidewalk 2.3 m below?  

10/03/17

Solving a word problem using a quadratic equation with rational roots

The area of a rectangle is 54ft^2, and the length of the rectangle is 3ft more than twice the width. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Length: ____ ftWidth: ____ ft
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10/03/17

Solving a word problem using a quadratic equation with rational roots

The length of a rectangle is 4 ftless than three times the width, and the area of the rectangle is 55 ft^2Find the dimensions of the rectangle. Answer=Length: ___ ftWidth: ____ f

10/03/17

Am I doing this right?

Kai takes off from parking structure 1 at 3:00 PM, driving north. One hour later, Jacob takes off from parking structure 1, too,  but he had south, and his speed is 15 mph more than Kai's. At... more

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